LILAC CO PRESENTS 'THE UNNAMABLE' by SAMUEL BECKETT performed (in-excerpt) by Sean Lewis and translated live into MOORE' by Lancina Belem
About this Event
The Unnamable by Samuel Beckett
performed (in-excerpt) &(native language of the MOORE’ Tribe of Burkina Faso and West Africa), and African Tea' by Oussou
featuring: YAHAYA KABORE, LANCINA BELEM, OUSSEOU GOUEM ADAMA, SEAN EDWARD LEWIS
direction/stage management: SARAH CASEY & GREG ELLERY
live sound/African Drum: Yahaya Kabore
translated live into MOORE' by LACINA BELEM
design / art direction: Lilac Co. Ensemble
January (2026) 17, 18, 24, 25 8PM $20
**tea and popcorn served and included with your ticket**
Somewhere in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, sometime in the middle of the night, two-Burkinabae and a are making tea when 'The Unnamable' happens.
AT SCHOLES STUDIO THEATRE
67 Scholes Street, Brooklyn. NY 11206 (Buzz #1L) —steel gate on the street—Seating limited—pre-tix recommended—tickets include tea and popcorn.—
running time: 50 Minutes
info: [email protected] 347-618-0794
“Lilac Co is disturbing and funny.” Dan Fox (Frieze Magazine)
“The first show of Lilac Co I saw—An Othello Thing—completely blew my mind, I thought it was one of the greatest things I had seen.” Nova Benway (Triangle Arts, Dumbo)
“Drawing from the hermetic expressionism of Agnes Martin, Gertrude Stein, Samuel Beckett, and others, Lilac creates not merely physical spaces, but imaginary, emotional, and intellective states an audience passes through.” Thom Donovan, The Brooklyn Rail
“The real shit, recalls the best of Jack Smith.” Mark Russell (The Public Theatre)
Event Venue
SCHOLES STUDIO THEATRE, 67 Scholes Street #1L, Brooklyn 11206, United States
USD 23.18
